Sun, 13 Oct 2002, 05:35 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 17th annual O'Reilly Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec:

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   1 Von Smith           5.644 254.95  Q    7 Marc White          5.749 249.58
   (K Kinsley   ) 0.497  5.694 253.02  E1   (K Williams  ) 0.427  5.814 246.44
   (J Stidham   ) 0.471  5.594 257.28  E2   (B Newberry  ) 0.451  5.658 253.66
   (J Payne     ) 0.458  5.646 256.33  E3   (S Gasparrell) 0.409  5.668 252.38
 *****WINNER***** 0.466  5.632 256.62  E4                  0.430  5.676 251.81

4:27 PM White gets the hole-shot and hangs on to the lead all the way through the 1000-foot mark. Smith reels him in at that point and drives around for the win. Smith's margin 60ft(0.008), 330 ft(-0.020), 660ft(-0.017), 1,000ft(-0.006). MOV: 0.0082 seconds (approximately 3 feet).